The Good: Low maintenance costs, spacious cabin
The Bad: Lacks power due to FWD configuration, clumsy handling
The Say: A Benz that costs like a Hiace to maintain, but the same money can get you a much better van.
Go For: MB100D
Avoid: Gasoline
Price Range: P200,000-P370,000
Our Rating: *
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Car Choices:
Like we say with most vans, going with the diesel and shunning the gasoline is the order of the day. It has gobs of torque but shakes during hard acceleration, no thanks to the front wheel drive layout. Thanks to its simplistic (no CRDi technology here), maintaining one is cheap. The 2.2 gasoline that is shared with the early to mid 90s C and E Class struggles at weight and finding one is not worth the time.
The roomy cabin would just give you power windows, power door locks, alarm system, courtesy lamp, front fog lamps, and a cassette player.